Save Lives with Eastern PA Down Syndrome Center!

In honor of Blood Cancer Awareness Month, Eastern PA Down Syndrome Center has generously adopted the month of September to host Blood Drives at Miller-Keystone Blood Center’s Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Hamilton & Reading Donor Centers!

Down syndrome or constitutional trisomy 21 (OMIN#190685) was linked to leukemia
for the first time in a case report published in 1930.1 Since then, Down syndrome
has been recognized as one of the most important leukemia-predisposing syndromes and
patients with Down syndrome and leukemia have unique clinical features and significant differences
in treatment response and toxicity profiles compared to patients without Down syndrome.
SITE: https://haematologica.org/article/view/5642.

Event Details:

• Sponsoring Organization: Eastern PA Down Syndrome Center
• Dates:  September 1 – September 30
• Locations:
  • MKBC Allentown – Cedar Crest (1255 S. Cedar Crest Blvd, Suite 1300)  |  Click here to register  
  • MKBC Allentown – Hamilton (Five City Center, 740 Hamilton St, Suite 120)  |  Click here to register
  • MKBC Bethlehem (1465 Valley Center Parkway)  |  Click here to register
  • MKBC Easton (3765 Nicholas St, Suite B)  |  Click here to register
  • MKBC Reading (2745A Leicz’s Bridge Road)  |  Click here to register
    (for GPS, use:  1047 Old Bernville Road)

Be sure to include Group ID# 8903 in the “notes” section when you register!

If business or time constraints are too challenging for your organization to run an on-site bloodmobile drive,
MKBC’s Adopt-A-Day program offers partnering organizations the flexibility of enabling employees, family and friends
to host a blood drive at one of our Donor Centers and be recognized in the community!

For more information on our Adopt-A-Day program, click here!